stevecham
Responses from stevecham
| New Tubes- Need Burn-In? Ditto positive comments on the SEDs, especially the EL34s. Running a new quartet of these in a CJ CAV50 and they have all the extension and soundstaging I could ask for. Inner details and quiet backgrounds they do in spades, exactly what I was loo... | |
| Please recommend CD player w/volume under $5500 If you can find one used a Conrad Johnson DV2B is a fantastic cdp for the money, is tubed and has a volume control via the remote. | |
| Triangle Antal Es and Thiel 2.4's From Stereophile review of Triangle Magellan Concerto:"The impedance magnitude remains between 2 and 4 ohms over almost the entire audioband, and there is an amplifier-punishing combination of 3.7 ohms and a 44° capacitive phase angle at 78Hz. An ... | |
| Best monitor under 5k? Though a fan of Thiel and Vandersteen, neither of these companies make what can be considered a full range monitor. I agree with Tobias that the Totem Mani-2s are the monitor to beat for that price. BUT you have to give them a stout amplifier to m... | |
| High power integrated suggestions please. 213 well perhaps if I heard the very system you have listened to Krell in I might agree with you. As many know I am a proponent of the system and not the component that makes the sound. All I know is that my Krell set up is every bit enjoyable as ... | |
| Shelter 501 Mk II vs. Grado Statement Reference The Shelter is certainly a candidate for your RB250, no problem. I had an RB600 on a P25 for awhile and the Benz Glider L2 also a low compliance worked just fine. Please reread my reponse above; the Shelter will work fine with your arm. | |
| Shelter 501 Mk II vs. Grado Statement Reference I have owned a Koetsu Urushi for four years so that's my reference. Early this year I purchased a Music Hall MM7 for a second all tube based system and just upgraded the stock Goldring with the Shelter 501 mkll. In many ways it approaches the airi... | |
| Billy Preston Dies He was one of the key glues that kept the Fab Four together long enough to complete their final recordings. | |
| "Tell the industry what you want" postingboard Time and phase accurate speakers. Stop designing speakers around out of phase midrange vs woofers or tweeters to "compensate" for poor electrical and construction. | |
| WILSON AUDIO/ cost vs. value As a product manager for a major biotechnology firm, I find it amusing that Wilson tries to exert leverage on potential buyers by invoking a "because he doesn't charge huge margins that's good enough reason for you to buy our products." This simpl... | |
| What cartridges have you tried with the MH MMF7? Installed a new Shelter 501 mkll. A match made in heaven for sure. So much better than the stock Goldring. | |
| Shelter 501 II owners: how long is the break-in? Wow, just mounted this brand new and up and running on an MM7 playing my original mint copy of Roxy Music's Live EP. Everything sounds excellent and no flabby bass at all, just solid sweetness extended up and down all around. If the cart stays jus... | |
| Eliminate system hum NEVER use a cheater plug!!!! That is extremely dangerous and does not provide a way for parasitic currents to ground. Believe me you do not want to be the path to ground!!!The answer is to ground all equipment in the system to a common potential i... | |
| Which integrateds have the best preamp section? Conrad Johnson CAV 50 which essentially has no gain in the preamp stage. This is by far one of the finest integrateds ever made. Too bad CJ discontinued it. But they can be found used. | |
| Interconnects between tube int. amp/SS cd player I am a fan of Harmonic Technologies single crystal copper ICs and cables. I hear improvement over brands I have tried such as Tara, Synergistic and Audioquest. Plus they are priced fairly. I own Jolida, CJ, Music Hall, Krell, Thiel, Meridian, Vand... |